Mid-City power outages continue, cause of outage unknown
Entergy New Orleans reports 5,000 without power in Mid-City, Bayou St. John
SITUATION HE’S FACING RIGHT NOW. AFTER SATURDAY’S LOPSIDED LOSS. ALL RIGHT, FLETCHER, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE REMAIN IN THE DARK AFTER A POWER OUTAGE IN NEW ORLEANS. AT PEAK, MORE THAN 9000 WERE WITHOUT POWER. IT ALL COMES AFTER STORMS CAME THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. WDSU REPORTER JASMINE FRANKLIN IS LIVE WITH MORE JASMINE YOU’RE HEARING FROM PEOPLE HOW HAS THIS AFFECTED BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA? WELL, STELLA, TONIGHT SEVERAL BUSINESSES ACROSS NEW ORLEANS, SPECIFICALLY IN MID-CITY WERE IMPACTED BY THIS POWER OUTAGE. AS YOU MENTIONED, AT PEAK, MORE THAN 9000 CUSTOMERS. BUT HERE AT CLASSES ON BIENVILLE IN MID-CITY, THEY LOST POWER. AND THAT ACTUALLY FORCED THEM TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS EARLY. THE OWNER, JAMES CLANCY, SAYS HIS RESTAURANT WAS IN THE DARK FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER HEAVY RAIN CAME INTO THE AREA. THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING FANS FOR THE SAINTS GAME, BUT WITH NO POWER, THEY HAD TO SHUT DOWN EARLY FOR THE DAY. THE OWNER SAYS POWER OUTAGES ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. THEY’VE LOST POWER THREE TIMES WITHIN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. AT PEAK TODAY, AS WE’VE MENTIONED, 9000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. THE OWNER OF CLANCY’S RESTAURANT SAYS HE HOPES IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. AS OFTEN. WE MADE THE CALL TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SHUT IT DOWN, SEND EVERYBODY HOME, CAN’T OPERATE A RESTAURANT WITH NO POWER OR, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET IT TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO STAY OPEN. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FEED THE COMMUNITY. AND POWER IS BACK ON HERE AT CLASS. CAESAR WAS ALSO A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS, MONDAYS THAT LOST POWER. POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE DARK TONIGHT. ENTERGY SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO RESTORE POWER, BUT THERE IS NO EXACT TIME FRAME AT THIS TIME. REPORTING LIVE IN NEW
Entergy New Orleans reports 5,000 without power in Mid-City, Bayou St. John
Entergy New Orleans is still investigating the cause of a power outage that left thousands in Mid-City without power Sunday morning. This comes after severe weather moved over the area earlier in the morning. At its peak, there were 9,000 customers without power. At 3 p.m. more than 1,000 customers still remained in the dark, according to Entergy’s power outage map. Several tornado warnings were issued across the area, but those warnings have since expired. A Flash Flood Warning was also issued for the New Orleans Metro area, but has since expired. WDSU has reached out to Entergy for an estimated time for power restoration and received the following response: “Entergy New Orleans is aware of an outage currently impacting approximately 4,000 customers. Entergy crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore service. Cause is under investigation at this time.”To see Entergy’s power outage map, click here.
Entergy New Orleans is still investigating the cause of a power outage that left thousands in Mid-City without power Sunday morning.
This comes after severe weather moved over the area earlier in the morning.
At its peak, there were 9,000 customers without power. At 3 p.m. more than 1,000 customers still remained in the dark, according to Entergy’s power outage map.
Several tornado warnings were issued across the area, but those warnings have since expired.
A Flash Flood Warning was also issued for the New Orleans Metro area, but has since expired.
WDSU has reached out to Entergy for an estimated time for power restoration and received the following response:
“Entergy New Orleans is aware of an outage currently impacting approximately 4,000 customers. Entergy crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore service. Cause is under investigation at this time.”
To see Entergy’s power outage map, click here.